Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bondurant's Pharmacy


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  21:38, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Bondurant's Pharmacy

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Non-notable former local landmark that only received coverage by local media. The only non-local reference is from Roadside America, which, as a website for listing quirky tourist attractions (many of which don't have Wikipedia pages), is decisively not significant coverage. HAWTH OFF HEAD TALK 04:44, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:47, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:47, 9 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Note to closer for soft deletion: This nomination has had limited participation and falls within the standards set for lack of quorum. There are no previous AfD discussions, undeletions, or current redirects and no previous PRODs have been located. This nomination may be eligible for soft deletion at the end of its 7-day listing. --Cewbot (talk) 00:02, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
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Comment Appears in at least three books,, , and "The Well-Built Elephant - A Tribute to American Eccentricity" by J.C. Andrews, 1984. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:39, 17 January 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisting so the new sources can be considered.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — MarkH21talk 22:39, 17 January 2021 (UTC) Comment My comments on the new sources: As such, I stick by my decision to want this article deleted, even with the new sources. HAWTH OFF HEAD TALK 02:05, 18 January 2021 (UTC) Keep -- Interesting building, reminds me of The Bulldog Cafe in LA. LostLogin (talk) 03:57, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Weird Kentucky: Many of the other entries in the book are not notable either. I would not consider this book a notable source, as it is essentially a published version to the pre-existing Roadside America source, in that it is a listing of quirky, not-particularly-notable local landmarks.
 * Kentucky Off The Beaten Path: A travel guide that lists countless locations in Kentucky, many of which are not notable. If this is a notable enough source for the pharmacy, given that the other sources aren't notable enough either imho, it is also enough to get any random hotel or restaurant featured in it its own page.
 * The Well-Built Elephant: I cannot find an online copy of this book, but it sounds like another book similar to Weird Kentucky or Roadside America. As such, the same issues I have with those two sources apply to it as well.
 * Delete Would be notable if it was on the NRHP, otherwise not notable. Oaktree b (talk) 02:07, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete the hurdle this subject needs to pass is WP:NBUILD "require significant in-depth coverage by reliable, third-party sources to establish notability." I don't see "significant in-depth coverage" nor did my research find any. Jeepday (talk) 12:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Lack WP:SIGCOV Jenyire2 (talk) 18:53, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Herald-Leader article (currently deadlinked, unfortunately) in addition to Rick Sebak coverage push this one over the edge for me. Ab e g92 contribs 20:09, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

- Note -- Do any of these links help at all? - I still vote keep because I think it's cool and is the sort of interesting little thing I like stumbling across on Wikipedia or any encyclopaedia but if not, could maybe an article about quirky roadside attractions/unusually-shaped buildings (in USA and international) be created to include this and others? Do these articles exist and as an alternative to deletion if it comes to that, could this article be merged into the new or existing article? Just my 2 cents. --LostLogin (talk) 20:05, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-monroe-moosnick-medical-and-science-museum-lexington-kentucky
 * https://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/g19418962/unusual-buildings-in-america/
 * https://archive.curbed.com/2017/1/27/14404970/weird-buildings-architecture-united-states
 * https://www.thetravel.com/america-weird-strange-buildings-visit/
 * https://books.google.com/books?id=TU-bDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT281&dq=%22Bondurant%27s+Pharmacy%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPt6fM3LnuAhV0SxUIHac3AxQQ6AEwA3oECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Bondurant's%20Pharmacy%22%20-wikipedia&f=false
 * Comment No, they do not, at least in my opinion. Atlas Obscura covers many topics, including many non-notable ones, and would only be notable coverage in conjunction with other sources. The Country Living, Curbed, and Travel articles are all akin to the pre existing Roadside America source, in that they cover quirky, but not particularly notable, locations in a clickbaity way. And the Uncle John's book is a trivia book; using it as a primary reference would be akin to using the Guinness Book of World Records as a primary reference. If the article had other, more notable sources, they might help, but on their own and with the already lackluster sources it has so far, they do not imho. HAWTH OFF HEAD TALK 18:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * There is an article for that type of thing, novelty architecture, which is linked to from this article (using different wording). A "keep" argument that amounts to WP:ILIKEIT is not a valid argument. ~EdGl talk 22:43, 27 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete per above but add the article image to novelty architecture. ~EdGl talk 22:43, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Looking at the sources availablle in the article and mentioned in this AfD, I just don't see examples of sufficiently in-depth coverage that would be needed for passing WP:GNG. Nsk92 (talk) 13:10, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment I still say keep but merge if not, don't delete. And if you do add its picture to novelty architecture article, also add short passage about it and its history, plus a picture of what it looks like now (a margarita) as well as what it used to look like.--LostLogin (talk) 17:04, 30 January 2021 (UTC)


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